Skirt-supporter and waist-holder.



No. 683,582. Patented 00f. I, 190i.

L. G. WABFIELD.

SKIRT SUPPOBTEB AND WAIST HOLDER.

(Application iuea Feb. 11, 1901. (No Modai.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IiEMUEL G. WARFIELD, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

SKlRT-SUPPORTER AND WAIST-HOLDER.

'SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 683,582, dated October1, 1901. Application filed February 11, 1901. Serial No. 46 768 (Nomodel.)

To kill whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, LEMUEL G.\VAREIELD,a citizen of the United States,residing at Oincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirt-Supportersand Waist-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvem nts in the means of uniting the partscomprising the skirt-supporter and waist-holder.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of this kind havingits parts so constructed as to be easilyand quickly connected to anddisconnected from each other and forming a look while in use upon thegarment.

My invention consists in a bar removably connected to the waist andhaving a slotted hole in each end and two hooks each secured to theskirt and adapted to take into the slotted holes and be held lockedtherein while in use.

My invention also consists in certain novel features of theconstruction,combination,and arrangement of the several parts of theimproved skirt supporter and waist holder, whereby important advantagesare secured and the same is rendered 'more convenient, economical, andeffective and better adapted for the purposes intended.

In the accompanying drawings,which serve to illustrate my invention,Figure 1 is a rear view of a part of a female figure, showing my devicein position for the purpose of holding the skirt and waist together andin proper position on the person. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of thedevice applied to the intended garments, part of the outer garment beingbroken away. Fig. 3 is one of the comple mentary parts of the device andillustrates particularly the part which is attached to the.

waist. Fig. 4 shows the device detached, the object of this view beingto show the relative position of the parts when being manipulated forthe purpose of engaging or disengaging the parts.

Iprefer to construct my skirt-supporter and waist-holder substantiallyas follows: The bar A is formed of a fiat strip of metal or other hardsubstance and is provided near each end with a hole (1., having a slota. connected thereto at its lower edge. Each waist B to be worn isprovided, as shown in Fig. 1, with a loop I), comprising a piece ofcloth secured at its upper and lower edges and with open ends to form apassage to receive a bar A, which is adapted to fit ad justably thereinand be supported thereby. Each skirt -band O has permanently secured onits under side two flat hooks 0, adapted to take into the slots and beretained in such position by the walls thereof until disengaged by hand.These hooks are so bent that when applied their free ends are turnedtoward the skirt band, to which they are secured. The width of the hooksat the bend may extend the length of the respective slots, and they areheld from movement upwardly and endwise of the slot by means of theupper and end walls thereof.

The operation of my device is as follows: Secure the loop to the waistpermanently by sewing or other suitable means, as before described, andsecure a hook to the under side of the skirt-band at each side of theplacket in the manner above described. Place the bar A in the loop, asshown in Fig. 3, and insert each hook in its hole and adjust it to itsplace in the slot, as shown in Fig. 2. It will be noticed that the holesare by preference made round, but may be varied in shape, if desired,the purpose of the hole adjacent the slot being to permit of ready andeasy removal or insertion of the hook, which could not be secured by theuse of the slot alone. The diameter of the hole is preferably wider thanthe width of the book which takes into it, and the. hook is easilyremoved by simply drawing it sidewise from the slot into the hole andpushing it upwardly until the top of the hook clears the lower edge ofthe hole, when the parts are disconnected. To connect the parts, theoperation is simply reversed.

One of the advantages of this device is that the edges of the bar aresmooth and regular, with no notches or indentations to tear the garmentor injure the wearer. Another advantage is that this constructionaflords a practical locking of the parts together while in usewithoutthe aid of any extraneous parts or attachments, while at the sametime the wearer can readily attach and detach the parts herself.

end and adjacent each hole and connected therewith by a passage, a slotclosed at each end and adapted to receive, through said hole andpassage, a hook, said slot having upper and lower walls to preventvertical movewent, and a wall at each end to prevent endwise or lateralmovement and accidental disengagement of the hook from the bar,substantially as set forth.

LEMUEL G. "vVARFIELD. Witnesses:

LILLIE CORCORAN, JAMES N. RAMSEY.

